Shloka 2

यवक्रीत-वधः

The Slaying of Yavakrīta at Raibhya’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

स ददर्शाश्रमे रम्ये पुष्पितद्रुम भूषिते । विचरन्तीं स्नुषां तस्य किन्नरीमिव भारत,भारत! वह आश्रम खिले हुए वृक्षोंकी श्रेणियोंसे सुशोभित हो अत्यन्त रमणीय प्रतीत होता था। उस आश्रममें रैभ्यमुनिकी पुत्रवधू किन्नरीके समान विचर रही थी। यवक्रीतने उसे देखा

Transliteration

sa dadarśāśrame ramye puṣpitadruma-bhūṣite | vicarantīṁ snuṣāṁ tasya kinnarīm iva bhārata ||

Translation

婆罗多啊，他看见一处可喜的精舍，繁花之树点缀其间。那位仙人的儿媳在其中往来行走，宛如乾闼婆—金那罗族的少女一般。耶瓦克利塔见到了她。

Word by Word

सःhe

ददर्शsaw

आश्रमेin the hermitage

रम्येpleasant, lovely

पुष्पित-द्रुम-भूषितेadorned with flowering trees

विचरन्तीम्wandering, moving about

स्नुषाम्daughter-in-law

तस्यof him / his

किन्नरीम्a kinnarī (celestial female being)

इवlike, as if

भारतO Bhārata

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

āśrama (hermitage)

snuṣā (daughter-in-law of the sage)

kinnarī (celestial maiden)

Bhārata (form of address)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a sacred hermitage—symbolizing discipline and restraint—human desire can arise; dharma requires vigilance so that beauty and proximity do not become causes for ethical lapse.

What is happening in the narrative?

A man arrives at a beautiful, flower-adorned hermitage and sees the sage’s daughter-in-law moving about, compared to a celestial kinnara-maiden—setting the stage for ensuing moral tension in the episode.